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The sell-by deadline was extended by Trump
US President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order to delay TikTok’s ban in the country by 75 days. The US banned the video-sharing app until it split away from ByteDance, which owns TikTok. Trump had signed an executive order delaying TikTok ban until he was sworn in as the US President on January 7.
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TikTok is only one of the other ByteDance apps that are gone too
ByteDance’s Lemon8, Land of Empires, and Mission EVO are among the apps that are unavailable for US-based users as a result of the ban on ByteDance-owned properties. The move comes after ByteDance was ordered to sell TikTok and other apps to a non-China entity by Sunday in response to Chinese laws that demand China-based companies…
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TikTok backed itself into a corner
The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 90-day ban on TikTok. The court said the ban violates free speech rights of TikTok’s users and the company. TikTok had argued the ban violated the free speech rights of both users and the company. US President Donald Trump had banned TikTok and ByteDance, the parent company…
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Next steps for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
The US Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the ban on TikTok. The incoming administration is required to implement the law after the apex court’s ruling, said the White House. Earlier, President Joe Biden had asked the court to delay the ban to give his administration time to negotiate with ByteDance to resolve…
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The Supreme Court was asked to delay the start of the ban
US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to stay the deadline set by the Electronic Communications Technology & Privacy Protection Act to divest TikTok’s US operations by January 19. Trump said he “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office”. ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, said…
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TikTok is in a fight against the US government
TikTok and ByteDance’s lawyer Jeffrey Fisher told a US court on Wednesday the company is owned by China’s ByteDance, a company based in China. He added that they have First Amendment protections from the US government shutting down TikTok. He further told the court Congress has established a legitimate national security threat and should be…
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The TikTok was sued by US justice department for violation of kids privacy
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a complaint against TikTok, ByteDance and two of its executives over the company’s handling of children’s online safety and national security concerns. It alleged that TikTok failed to act on information it received regarding its use of children’s content. TikTok said it will continue to “update and…
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The creators of TikTok are against the law
The US government has sued Chinese streaming app TikTok in a case of national security concerns over alleged privacy violations. The US has asked TikTok to remove its content, disable some features and remove itself from the US market. TikTok has also been asked to sever its ties with US-based ByteDance, which provides user data…
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TikTok is challenging the US ban in court
TikTok is suing the US government over a new law that will force the shortform video app to be divested from ByteDance or face a ban in the US. In a court filing, TikTok called the move “unconstitutional” and said “for the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single,…
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TikTok is sues the US government
TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the US government over a new law ordering ByteDance to remove its app from the App Store or cease operations in the US. It alleged that the government isn’t providing evidence of Chinese government’s use of TikTok. The law, which was signed by US President Joe Biden last month,…
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There are legal challenges in the US and China for TikTok
The US Supreme Court will hear TikTok-parent ByteDance’s appeal against the ban on its operations in the country. ByteDance has challenged the ban in court, claiming it violates the company’s First Amendment rights. “This is a court that’s going to take the issue seriously and apply Supreme Court precedent…in a serious way,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior…
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Steven Ballmer says he wants to buy TikTok
The House of Representatives has passed a bill to ban China-based social media platform TikTok and other similar apps. The bill, which passed by 352 votes to 352, seeks to ban platforms that “coerce, induce or facilitate child pornography”. TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance is also under fire over allegations of child pornography and human trafficking…
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The bill that could have banned TikTok was passed by the House
US House of Representatives has passed a bill that seeks to block TikTok, byteDance’s video-sharing platform, from being accessible to the public. However, the bill doesn’t amount to a ban of the video-sharing app, House Select Committee on China Chairman Mike Gallagher said. Earlier, the Senate had introduced a bill that would have banned TikTok…
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Content creators are against a potential ban on TikTok
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest the app within six months of the law’s enactment or face a nationwide ban. The US Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House, said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. TikTok was…
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The bill to ban TikTok was passed by the House
TikTok sent push notices warning users about a US bill to ban the app, saying it would take effect if its parent company ByteDance doesn’t remove the app from China within six months. The bill was voted by the House Select Committee on China in September and threatens to ban TikTok if ByteDance doesn’t remove…
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Content creators blast the possibility of a TikTok ban
The US House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a bill requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban. The bill, dubbed the ‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’, blocks any application or webhosting service in the US for ByteDance-controlled applications, including TikTok. TikTok has said its American user data wouldn’t…
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The White House tells agencies that they have 30 days to ban TikTok
TikTok has invited researchers and academics to its Washington, DC, office to learn more about how it is addressing lawmakers concerns over its ties to China through ByteDance. The list of expected attendees includes a disabled Asian American creator using TikTok to combat ableism, a small business owner from South Carolina who launched a greeting…
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There is growing pressure to remove TikTok from app stores
US lawmakers are planning to push for a complete ban on TikTok and ByteDance over China’s laws being used to get user data from TikTok or ByteDance, a report said. “They see an unmitigable risk of Chinese government access to data and/or influence over content, and so are going to push for a complete ban,”…
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Staff in China can access Europeans’ data
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance on Wednesday said it has signed a deal with the Chinese government to provide access to user data for intelligence or propaganda purposes. However, ByteDance said it had not agreed to share any data with the Chinese government. “We will continue to do our part to deliver a comprehensive national security…
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TikTok faces bans on government-issued devices
US Representative Jim Oberwetter, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has neither direct nor indirect control of TikTok or ByteDance. “Under the proposal we have devised with our country’s top national security agencies through CFIUS, that kind of data sharing…would not be possible,” he added. The committee…
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In March the CEO of TikTok will testify before Congress
Canada said that it will ban all government employees from using TikTok and its parent company ByteDance due to national security concerns. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it will be a “very difficult decision” but there is “ample evidence” of TikTok’s ties to the Chinese government. Canada’s decision comes after TikTok faced a similar…
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A federal ban looms as more GOP governors try to ban TikTok
US Senator Chuck Schumer has said there’s Chinese ownership of the company that owns video-sharing app TikTok. He further added that there are people in the Commerce Committee looking into that. Schumer’s comments come after ByteDance CEO Shou Zi Chew told The New York Times that ByteDance plans to move all data from Virginia and…
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There is a stalemate in the Biden White House
A US lawmaker has introduced legislation which would ban TikTok and its parent company ByteDance from operating in the US. The proposed legislation would block and prohibit all transactions in the US by social media companies with at least one million monthly users that are based in or under the “substantial influence” of countries like…
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There are federal agencies that have bans on government-issued devices
After Forbes claimed TikTok’s parent ByteDance wanted to use the app to “monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens,” TikTok accused Forbes of leaving off a vital part of its statement. In a series of tweets, TikTok accused Forbes of left off a vital part of its statement, which says TikTok does not…
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TikTok has denied a report of a plan to track US citizens using its app.
After the US proposed legislation that would ban TikTok and ByteDance based in China, a TikTok spokeswoman said, “The Chinese Communist Party has neither direct nor indirect control of Byte Dance or TikTok.” She added, “Under the proposal, we have devised with our country’s top National Security agencies through CFIUS…that kind of data sharing—or any…